Ansel Elgort Cast in Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’

All that gangly dancing around Atlanta in Baby Driver has paid off big-time for Ansel Elgort, who has been cast in Steven Spielberg’s remake of the Stephen Sondheim musical, West Side Story.

Variety reports that Elgort will take on the role of Tony, former member of the Jets who falls in love with Maria, younger sister of rival gang leader Bernardo.

Much knife-fighting and pirouetting ensue.

Spielberg has been trying to find time for the musical for years now, flip-flopping his focus between the remake script by Oscar-nominee Tony Kushner and Indiana Jones 5.

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